Abstract: P2P applications have become more and more popular in the Internet. They have consumed most of the Internet bandwidth, and affected the performance of traditional Internet applications. In order to solve this problem, rescarchers proposed various technologies to manage P2P traffic, such as P2P traffic control, localization and caching technologies. We first introduced P2P technology and the factors affecting P2P traffic distribution, and then surveyed the latest research efforts on P2P traffic management technologies.

Key words: P2P, Traffic distribution, Peer selection